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1976/06/24 - Gown Presentation, Smithsonian Institution” of the Frances K The original documents are located in Box 2, folder “1976/06/24 - Gown Presentation, Smithsonian Institution” of the Frances K. Pullen Papers at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Copyright Notice The copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) governs the making of photocopies or other reproductions of copyrighted material. Gerald Ford donated to the United States of America his copyrights in all of his unpublished writings in National Archives collections. Works prepared by U.S. Government employees as part of their official duties are in the public domain. The copyrights to materials written by other individuals or organizations are presumed to remain with them. If you think any of the information displayed in the PDF is subject to a valid copyright claim, please contact the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library. Scanned from Box 2 of the Frances K. Pullen Files at the Gerald R. Ford Presidential Library Betty Ford·. in the gotVn· gOing· to the Smith·· sonian•S'First Ladies Hall, photographed at the May, 1975, White House State . Dinner the Fords gave for the Shah of Iran. Cut Out· >1£or History . ::;:;.:; . B N' s· ·'H.. :_; .: : ;., . - · :~)i.~~J,::· < y 1 zna··. •. · yae:<;:,~· -·::·-_, ~·· A gre~:~~~~on gown···· · 'Mr~~~;d, li~e other ~t owned bYe~ Gerald Ford L~dles, ,received a l~tter: will be added< to· the First · Ladies HalL:in the Smithso- . frem th~; Smithsonian re- nian Institution's Museum 'questing a' gown shortly at. of History·' and 'recllnology ter she . moved into the next week. :.._". ;_ . White House. Mrs. Ford de· Chosen because it is one of cided to make her donatio= · Mrs. Ford's favorite colors now so it can be installed (soft green>'< and cuts before the July 4 peak tour­ (princess-line .With a stand· ist weekend. up neckline), the gown was ' For two months the cen· worn to the,White House tral exhibits division of the State Dinner for the Shah of Smithsonian has been devel .f Iran in May.;~197~ ,and on oping a mannequin to other occasioila;:,;_: <Designed "wear" Mrs. Ford's gown. and made ford3ettY Ford by ·created from measurements Frankie Welclhof ~Alexan· provided by the White dria, the gown"! is ::sequined House .and working with a chiffon, c.ltosen~ to simulate muslin.. ()f. the dress, the fabric Mr& t'Ford- brought. mannequin will be the same home from chiiia:.i,;<:. · 'phyaical: size as Mrs. Ford, The First:.,.:£adies- Hall, a but will have the same·.. clas- popular ·visi.·tors. ;; attraction, · .sica! dace> of all' the other 1 is also th&m~ popular O'Js- figures·. in": the exhibits.·; ·, J trtume co.l..I.'~ .• ~.)~.~.<;f!::CO~:--.·. '·l·H'v~.F'ord's hairstylecand y. ·-~'f.'1':,lil~~ ~J-''' . • ' • · · ·been· sculpted that· ''It surras:a.· ..· ~·~gla.·• e;position.. mour• · other·.onto ..aecessories' the manne- of the· · ·~ · ·~· It iso.a. > · . !since': · ·' very tie~iu.ftipse of the;~ · . carry· a' · First LaiU'~l~~~!i ~Margaret ;· ·\ the :dress~ Klapthor;j¢rf.~of the di-. to be vision of'po1ftlCal;.~history at the Smitba0Dfaiit 1~"That: is: · by .FirstlA:~ies;;d':J why it.is:~&;;tli&.division,. · ' . · half. of. of costume:;~textilesI , ·•- J but.- fu. ..• .the'·tiall, wen, . in the po~ory sec• ·.. tlon ofthfi-- · -~;,,.,.,,. ···;,o···,;;i~~t;ii'6i _...,..\ · •.. ' .;n -.• '• The Board of Regents The Secretary of the Smithsonian Institution and The Director of the National Museum of History and Technology request the honor of your presence at the presentation of A Ball Gown by Mrs. Gerald R. Ford to the Collection of the Dresses of the First Ladies Thursday afternoon, June the twenty-fourth Nineteen hundred and seventy-six at three o'clock in the First Ladies Hall National Museum of History and Technology Constitution Avenue at Fourteenth Street, Northwest Washington City Please present this card • THE FIRST LADIES HALL SMITHSONIAN INSTITUTION • SMITHSONIAN PUBLICATION 4640 WASHINGTON, D. C. 1965 THE STORY OF THE FIRST LADIES HALL The First Ladies Hall in the Museum of History and Tech­ ground and furnishings typical of a certain period or of a single nology, Smithsonian Institution, displays a collection of Dresses administration within a period. Changing styles in White House of the First Ladies of the White House that shows the changes in decoration are shown in these settings, which are based wherever American period costume from the administration of President possible on written descriptions and pictorial evidence of the Washington to the present day. The first dress received for the White House. collection was the inaugural gown of Mrs. William Howard Taft, Also on display in the First Ladies Hall is the most complete then First Lady, who presented it to the National Museum in 1912. collection of White House china outside the Executive Mansion. • Following the example of Mrs. Taft, each subsequent First Lady This collection includes pieces of table service used in every admin­ has given a dress. istration from the time of George Washington to the present. The collection contains a dress representing the administration of every President of the United States. When circumstances did not permit the President's wife to act in the official capacity of hostess of the White House, a relative or family friend usually performed the social duties of the position. The dresses are exhibited on plaster mannequins. The faces are all sculptured from the same model, but the coiffure of each lady has beencopied from a picture or portrait to give individuality to the figures. Inaugural gowns are designated on the individual labels. The collection is installed in period settings that display the by Margaret W. Brown The text of this booklet was prepared dresses in the type of surroundings in which they were originally U. S. National Klapthor, associate curator of political history, worn. In creating these settings, the Museum has, wherever pos­ obtained Museum. Additional copies, priced at 50 cents, may be sible, used actual architectural details and furniture and fixtures from the Editorial and Publications Division, Smithsonian associated with the White House or the representative First Ladies. Mary Todd Liucoln' s gold bracelet Institution, Washington, D. C. 20560. Since each setting contains dresses representing a span of several watch with cover of blue enamel administrations, it has been necessary to select a style of back- a11d chip diamonds. 1787-1809 WASHINGTON • ADAMS • JEFFERSON At lower left on this . a cup and saucer of 1 in gton' s "States" chiJ the fifteen States in on the rims. To the left as you enter the First Ladies Hall is a room To the right of the entrance doorway directly across from the setting that presents Martha Washington seated beside her drawing room setting of Washington's High Street residence tea table in the second-floor drawing room of the Executive in Philadelphia there is depicted a bedroom from the same house. Mansion at 190 High Street in Philadelphia, the city that was This room setting is presented to show some of the great variety the capital of the United States from 1790 to 1800. The room of President and Mrs. Washington's household furnishings now is arranged with furniture and accessories that belonged to Presi­ in the collections of the National Museum. The most important dent and Mrs. Washington and were used by them at Mount pieces are the handsome Chippendale bed, which dominates Vernon and at their various Presid~tial residences. the room, and the wing chair that was in President Washington's The mantelpiece is a replica of the drawing room mantel bedroom at Mount Vernon. The fine Oriental export porcelain in the Philadelphia house, and the rug with the Great Seal water bottle and bowl and the dressing mirror also are from of the United States was actually used in that residence. The Mount Vernon. George Washington used the brass candlestick furniture, silver Argand lamps, porcelains, silver, glass, mirror, for illumination while drafting his Farewell Address to the and oil painting were all owned by President and Mrs. Washing­ Nation. ton. Most of these items are from the collection of Washington Just inside a case on the wall beside the wing chair is a relics purchased by the U. S. Government from the heirs of pair of miniature portraits in oil of George and Martha Wash­ Nelly Custis Lewis in 1883. ington painted by the American artist John Trumbull. The In this setting are displayed gowns that belonged to Martha engraved portrait of the Countess of Huntington on the back Washington, to Abigail Adams, and to Martha Jefferson Ran­ wall is one that she personally sent to George Washington. dolph, the daughter of President Jefferson. The dresses are The woodwork used in the room setting is from a 1790 house representative of the late 18th century. in Kutztown, Pennsylvania. I I ~ 1: ;7-1809 NGTON • ADAMS • JEFFERSON At lower left on this page is show11 a C1l p and saucer of Martha 1Vash­ ington's "States" cbh1a. Names of tbe fifteen Stales in 1796 appear on tbe rims. the left as you enter the First Ladies Hall is a room To the right of the entrance doorway directly across from the g that presents Martha Washington seated beside her drawing room setting of Washington's High Street residence tble in the second-floor drawing room of the Executive in Philadelphia there is depicted a bedroom from the same house. ion at 190 High Street in Philadelphia, the city that was This room setting is presented to show some of the great variety tpital of the United States from 1790 to 1800. The room of President and Mrs. Washington's household furnishings now mged with furniture and accessories that belonged to Presi­ in the collections of the National Museum.
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